Intro
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(guitar)
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[Verse 1]
G Bm/F#
Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest,
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They were the best of friends.
G Bm/F#
So when Frankie Lee needed money one day,
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Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens
G Bm/F#
And placed them on a footstool
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Just above the plotted plain,
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Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy,
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My loss will be your gain."
[Verse 2]
G Bm
Well, Frankie Lee, he sat right down
Am/C G/D
And put his fingers to his chin,
G Bm
But with the cold eyes of Judas on him,
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His head began to spin.
G Bm
"Could ya please not stare at me like that," he said,
Am G
"It's just my foolish pride,
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For sometimes a man must be alone
Am G
And this is no place to hide."
[Verse 3]
G Bm/F#
Well Judas, he just winked and said,
Am/E G/D
"All right, I'll leave you here,
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But you'd better hurry up and choose
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Which of those bills you want before they all disappear."
G Bm/F#
"I'm gonna start my pickin' right now,
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Just tell me where you'll be."
G Bm/F#
Judas pointed down the road
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And said eternity,
[Verse 4]
G Bm
"Eternity?" said Frankie Lee,
Am G
With a voice as cold as ice.
G Bm
"That's right," said Judas, "Eternity,
Am G
Though you might call it 'Paradise.'"
G Bm
"I don't call it anything,"
Am G/D
Said Frankie Lee with a smile.
G Bm
"All right," said Judas Priest,
Am G
"I'll see you after a while."
[Verse 5]
G Bm
Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down,
Am G
Feelin' low and mean,
G Bm
When just then a passing stranger
Am G
Burst upon the scene,
G Bm
Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler,
Am G
Whose father's deceased?
G Bm
Well, if you are, There's a fellow callin' you down the road
Am G
And they say his name is Priest."
[Verse 6]
G Bm
"Oh, yes, he is my friend,"
Am G
Said Frankie Lee in fright,
G Bm
"I do recall him very well,
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In fact, he just left my sight."
G Bm
"Yes, that's the one," said the stranger,
Am G
As quiet as a mouse,
G Bm
"Well, my message is, he's down the road,
Am G
Stranded in a house."
[Verse 7]
G Bm/F#
Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked,
Am/E G/D
He dropped ev'rything and ran
G Bm/F#
Until he came unto the spot
Am/E G/D
Where Judas Priest did stand.
G Bm/F#
"What kind of house is this," he said,
Am/E G/D
"Where I have come to roam?"
G Bm/F#
"It's not a house," says Judas Priest,
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"It's not a house, it's a home."
[Verse 8]
G Bm
Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled,
Am G
He soon lost all control
G Bm
Over everything which he had made
Am G
While the mission bells did toll.
G Bm/F#
He just stood there staring
Am G
At that big house as bright as any sun,
G Bm
With four and twenty windows
Am G
And a woman's face in every one.
[Verse 9]
G Bm
Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee
Am/E G
With a soulful, bounding leap,
G Bm
And, foaming at the mouth,
Am G
He began to make his midnight creep.
G Bm
For sixteen nights and days he raved,
Am G
But on the seventeenth he burst
G Bm
Into the arms of Judas Priest,
Am G
Which is where he died of thirst.
[Verse 10]
G Bm
No one tried to say a thing
Am G
When they carried him out in jest
G Bm
Except, of course, the little neighbour boy
Am G/D
Who carried him to rest.
G Bm
And he just walked along, alone,
Am G
With his guilt all well concealed,
G Bm
And muttered underneath his breath,
Am G
"Nothing is revealed."
[Solo] (harp)
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[Verse 11]
G Bm
Well, the moral of the story,
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The moral of this song,
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Is simply that one should never be
Am G
Where one does not belong.
G Bm
So when you see your neighbour carryin' somethin',
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Help him with his load,
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And don't go mistaking Paradise
Am G
For that home across the road.
[Outro] (harp)
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| G | Bm/F# | Am/E | G/D |
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(fade out over last four chords)
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